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Hello Joanna! Thanks for the info - I found even Benedict in 1888 had collected the type specimen from Galapagos...but strangely enough it hasn't been put on the Darwin FOundation datazone yet! But I would be tickled pink if you could send me the article mentioned to my email. I'm wondering how I can send it to you such that it will not be posted?

@Cindy Manning: Hi Cynthia, Munida hispida definitely occurs at the Galapagos Islands – it was first discovered from there, specifically, off Chatham Island, between Santa Cruz and San Cristobal islands. Since then, it has been found off California and Mexico, south to Peru. A useful reference is: Hendrickx, M. E. (2000) The genus Munida Leach (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) in the eastern tropical Pacific, with description of two new species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 70, 163–192. I can email you a pdf if you want it (please send me your email!). Jo Taylor

Hello Joanne, I work in the Galapagos Islands on board the National Geographic/Lindblad Expeditions vessel (tourism) and operate an ROV and found what seems to be LOTS of Munida hispida on the sea floor at 294 feet off Bartholomew and guy Fawkes islands. I have been searching for recent literature to confirm their presence in the islands (I believe McCosker et al. in 1995 collected specimens. Would you know where I could find this publication or other? Cynthia M. Manning